MONDAY, MAY 8, 1970
HK-NORWAY TEXTILE TALKS SUSPENDED
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DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR. LAWRENCE MILLS, WHO LED HONG KONG'S "EGOTIATING TEAM IN TEXTILE TALKS WITH NORWEGIAN OFFICIALS, RETURNED FROM OSLO YESTERDAY (SUNDAY).
MR. MILLS SAID TODAY THAT AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON
THE SUSPENSION OF CURRENT TEXTILE TALKS HAD BEEN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG AND NORWEGIAN SIDES BEFORE HE LEFT OSLO.
IN THE STATEMENT HE SAID:+THE DELEGATIONS MET IN OSLO THIS WEEK TO EXAMINE WHETHER A BASIS EXISTED FOR DRAWING MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE TEXTILE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NORWAY AND HONG KONG.
+AFTER A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION AS IT RELATED TO THE NORWEGIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND HONG KONG TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS, THE TWO DELEGATIONS CONCLUDED WITH REGRET THAT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO REACH A COMMON POSITION AT THIS TIME.+
MR. MILLS SAID, HOWEVER
HOWEVER, THAT BOTH DELEGATIONS HAD EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER ANY PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD BY THE OTHER, AND DID NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER CONSULTATIONS IN THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
MR. WILLS SAID THAT HE WOULD BE REPORTING ON THE POSITION REACHED TO THE GOVERNMENT AND TO THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD. AMONG OTHER THINGS WHICH THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER WOULD BE WHAT NEXT STEPS WERE OPEN TO HONG KONG.
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